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Friday, April 20, 2007

Spring in Pennyrile Forest

Kentucky's largest state forest

Dennis and I were at Pennyrile State Forest today. Spring is in full progress. Some trees have brown dead foliage from the late freeze, but others are fully green. It's interesting that some dogwoods are blooming now. Apparently, they were still in bud when the multiple nights of freezing temperatures occurred, and thus they escaped damage. That's good -- there will at least be a few dogwood berries for the birds and squirrels this fall.

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